Fasciolaria chatsworthensis Waring 1917 (tulip snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124

Belongs to Fasciolaria according to C. A. Waring 1917

Sister taxa: Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria), Fasciolaria (Triplofusus), Fasciolaria beaufortensis, Fasciolaria bilineata, Fasciolaria buwaldana, Fasciolaria carminamaris, Fasciolaria concinna, Fasciolaria dinglei, Fasciolaria fusilla, Fasciolaria jacksonensis, Fasciolaria juncea, Fasciolaria laeviuscula, Fasciolaria lastroensis, Fasciolaria macdonaldi, Fasciolaria oweni, Fasciolaria petrosa, Fasciolaria plexa, Fasciolaria ramondi, Fasciolaria semistriata, Fasciolaria tulipa

Type specimen: Its type locality is 1.5 miles East of McCray Wells, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Llajas Formation of California

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at 1.5 miles East of McCray Wells

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